Aitareyabrahmana 3.17

3.17

brāhmaṇaspatyam pragāthaṃ śaṃsati
bṛhaspatipurohitā vai devā ajayan svargaṃ lokaṃ, vy asmim̐l loke 'jayanta.
tathaivaitad yajamāno bṛhaspatipurohita eva jayati svargaṃ lokaṃ,
vy asmim̐l loke jayate
tau vā etau pragāthāv astutau santau punarādāyaṃ śasyete. tad āhur:
yan na kiṃ canāstutaṃ sat punarādāyaṃ śasyate,
'tha kasmād etau pragāthāv astutau santau punarādāyaṃ śasyete iti
pavamānokthaṃ vā etad yan marutvatīyaṃ.
ṣaṭsu vā atra gāyatrīṣu stuvate ṣaṭsu bṛbatīṣu tisṛṣu triṣṭupsu,
sa vā eṣa trichandāḥ pañcadaśo mādhyaṃdinaḥ pavamānas.
tad āhuḥ: kathaṃ ta eṣa trichandāḥ pañcadaśo
mādhyaṃdinaḥ pavamāno 'nuśāsto bhavatīti
ye eva gāyatryā uttare pratipado yo gāyatro 'nucaras,
tābhir evāsya gāyatryo 'nuśastā bhavanty;
etābhyām evāsya pragāthābhyām bṛhatyo 'nuśastā bhavanti
tāsu vā etāsu bṛhatīṣu sāmagā rauravayaudhājayābhyām punarādāyaṃ stuvate.
tasmād etau pragāthāv astutau santau punarādāyaṃ śasyete,
tac chastreṇa stotram anvaiti
ye eva triṣṭubhau dhāyye yat traiṣṭubhaṃ nividdhānam,
tābhir evāsya triṣṭubho 'nuśastā bhavanty
evam u hāsyaiṣa trichandāḥ pañcadaśo mādhyaṃdinaḥ pavamāno
'nuśasto bhāvati ya evaṃ veda

iii. 17 (xii. 6). He recites a Pragātha to Brahmaṇaspati; with Bṛhaspati as Purohita the gods conquered the world of heaven, and conquered in the

world. Verily so also the sacrificer with Bṛhaspati as Purohita conquers the world of heaven and conquers in the world. These two Pragāthas, though not being chanted, are recited with repetitions. They say ‘Seeing that nothing which is not chanted is recited with a repetition, then how are these two Pragāthas, which are not chanted, recited with repetitions?’ The Marutvatīya is the litany of the Pavamāna (Stotra); there they chant to six Gāyatrī verses, six Bṛhatī verses, and three Triṣṭubh verses; this is the midday Pavamāna, in the Pañcadaça (Stoma), with three metres. They say ‘How is this midday Pavamāna, in the Pañcadaça, with three metres followed in recitation?’ The two last verses of the strophe are in Gāyatrī, the antistrophe is in Gāyatrī ; by these the Gāyatrī verses are followed in recitation; by the two Pragāthas the Bṛhatī verses are followed in recitation. In these Bṛhatī verses the Sāman singers chant with repetitions with the Raurava and Yaudhājaya (Sāmans); therefore these two Pragāthas, though not chanted, are recited with repetitions; thus with the Çastra he follows the Stotra. By the inserted verses in Triṣṭubh and the Triṣṭubh Nivid insertion the Triṣṭubh verses by him are followed in recitation. Thus indeed is the midday Pavamāna in the Pañcadaça with three metres followed in recitation by him who knows thus.